Good evening,
next match is Saitek Turbo King II vs Tiger Grenadier.
In the first game, the Grenadier with Black pieces gets a strong lead after 30 moves or so, thanks to a mighty attack on the d file, with three big guns aligned (Queen plus two Rooks).
Then the Turbo King restores an equal score, also playing as Black, but I must admit this game has been very deceptive from the Kaplan program, unable to decently wrap-up a much simple endgame: advanced Pawn+King vs King. The Pawn is out of reach from the Grenadier, but instead of pushing it to promotion, the Turbo King shuffles its own King aimlessly
. Only under the threat of a position repetition will it condescend to move the Pawn a step forward: very frustrating
. I noticed the winning score it displayed (using the info function) was better with the Pawn still to be promoted, than after the actual promotion. This is an explanation, not an excuse for an obvious flaw. At last the point is scored, triggering another couple of games.
Third game the Turbo King plays White and rules all game long, the Grenadier suffuring from an initial lack of development, then from a bad Pawns structure. Nice and clear win this time, from the Kaplan program.
Fourth game is kept uncertain for 50 moves or so, then the Turbo King plays smartly in the endgame, and prevails.
Overall score is 3 to 1 for the Turbo King; the Grenadier leaves the competition for good.
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.11.28"]
[Round "Cons_quarter"]
[White "Saitek Turbo King II (lv a4)"]
[Black "Tiger Grenadier (tibono setting lv 15s avg)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1888"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "B81"]
[PlyCount "160"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 Nc6 7.g5 {Out of book} 7...Nd7 8.Bg2 Be7 {Out of book} 9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Na5 11.Nf3 Nc4 12.Qd3 Nxe3 13.Qxe3 b6 14.Rfd1 Bb7 15.a4 Qc7 16.Qd4 e5 17.Qb4 a5 18.Qb3 Qc5 19.Nd5 Rae8 20.Bh3 Nb8 21.Bf5 g6 22.Bg4 Bc6 23.c3 Bd8 24.Rac1 Na6 25.Rb1 Nc7 26.Nxc7 Bxc7 27.Nd2 d5 28.Bf3 Rd8 29.Bg2 Rd6 30.Ra1 Rfd8 31.exd5 Bxd5 32.Bxd5 Qxd5 33.Qc2 Qd3 $1 34.Qxd3 Rxd3 35.Kf1 Rxd2 36.Rxd2 Rxd2 37.Rb1 e4 38.h4 Be5 39.Ke1 e3 40.fxe3 Rh2 41.Kd1 Rxh4 42.Ke2 Rg4 43.Rd1 Rxg5 44.Kf3 Rg3+ 45.Kf2 Rg4 46.Rd5 f6 47.Rd8+ Kg7 48.Rd7+ Kh6 49.Rb7 Rxa4 50.Rxb6 Re4 51.Kf3 f5 52.Rb5 a4 53.Rd5 a3 54.bxa3 Bxc3 55.Rd3 Bg7 56.Rd2 Bf8 57.Ra2 g5 58.a4 Bc5 59.Rc2 g4+ 60.Kg2 Bxe3 61.Ra2 f4 62.a5 Rd4 63.a6 Rd1 64.a7 f3+ 65.Kg3 Rg1+ 66.Kh2 f2 67.Rxf2 g3+ 68.Kxg1 gxf2+ 69.Kg2 Bxa7 70.Kf1 Kh5 71.Ke2 Kh4 72.Kf1 Kg3 73.Ke2 h5 74.Kf1 h4 75.Ke2 h3 76.Kf1 h2 {Grenadier announces mate in 5} 77.Ke2 h1=Q 78.Kd2 Qc6 79.Ke2 Qc3 80.Kd1 f1=Q# 0-1
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.11.28"]
[Round "Cons_quarter"]
[White "Tiger Grenadier (tibono setting lv 15s avg)"]
[Black "Saitek Turbo King II (lv a4)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "1888"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "204"]
1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 {Out of book} 2...Nf6 3.Nc3 {Back in book} 3...e6 4.e4 Nc6 5.Be2 d5 {Out of book} 6.exd5 {Out of book} 6...exd5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.O-O Be7 9.Qb3 Nb6 10.Qb5 a6 11.Qd3 O-O 12.Qe4 Be6 13.d3 Re8 14.Be3 Bf6 $1 15.Bxc5 Bd7 16.Bxb6 Qxb6 17.Qd5 Be6 18.Na4 Qxb2 $1 19.Qe4 Qa3 20.Nb6 Bxa2 21.Nxa8 Rxe4 22.dxe4 Bxa1 23.Rxa1 Qb2 24.Re1 Qb4 25.Bf1 Nd4 26.Rd1 Nxf3+ 27.gxf3 Kf8 28.Rd7 Be6 29.Rd8+ Ke7 30.Rb8 a5 31.Nc7 Qb3 32.Nxe6 Kxe6 33.Bh3+ Kd6 34.Bf5 g6 35.Bc8 b6 36.Kg2 Kc5 37.h3 Qb5 38.Bb7 Kb4 39.Bd5 f5 40.h4 a4 41.Rb7 h5 42.Rg7 Qe8 43.Rg8 Qe5 44.Rxg6 fxe4 45.fxe4 b5 46.Rg5 Qe8 47.e5 a3 48.Kg3 Kc3 49.f4 b4 50.Rg8 Qd7 51.Ba2 Qd3+ 52.Kh2 Qd2+ 53.Rg2 Qxf4+ 54.Rg3+ Kb2 55.Bg8 Qxh4+ 56.Kg2 Qe4+ 57.Kf2 Qxe5 58.Rg2 Qc3 59.Kf1+ Kb1 60.Rf2 b3 61.Bxb3 Qxb3 62.Rd2 Qc4+ 63.Kg2 Qg4+ 64.Kf2 Qf4+ 65.Ke2 Qh2+ 66.Kd3 Qd6+ 67.Ke3 Qxd2+ 68.Kxd2 Kb2 69.Ke3 h4 70.Kf3 Ka1 $6 71.Kg4 h3 72.Kxh3 Kb2 73.Kh4 Ka1 $2 {What a procrastinator!} 74.Kh3 Ka2 75.Kh4 Kb2 76.Kh3 Ka1 77.Kh2 Ka2 78.Kg3 Kb3 79.Kf4 Kb2 80.Kg3 Kc2 81.Kf4 Kc1 82.Ke3 Kb1 83.Kd4 Kb2 84.Ke4 Kc3 85.Ke3 Kc4 86.Kf2 Kb3 87.Ke3 Ka2 88.Kd4 Kb2 89.Ke4 {Grenadier score gets back to zero, as position already happened - smell of potential repetition. But the Turbo King is aware, so, at last, moves its Pawn towards promotion.} 89...a2 90.Kf3 Kc1 91.Ke4 a1=Q 92.Kd5 Kd2 93.Kc6 Qe5 94.Kb7 Qd6 95.Ka7 Qc6 96.Kb8 Kc3 97.Ka7 Kb4 98.Kb8 Kb5 99.Ka7 Ka5 100.Kb8 Qd7 {Turbo King announces mate in 3} 101.Ka8 Ka6 102.Kb8 Qb7# 0-1
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.11.28"]
[Round "Cons_quarter"]
[White "Saitek Turbo King II (lv a4)"]
[Black "Tiger Grenadier (tibono setting lv 15s avg)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1888"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "B18"]
[PlyCount "127"]
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Bd3 Qxd4 {Out of book} 6.Nf3 Qd5 7.Nc3 {Out of book} 7...Qe6+ 8.Be3 Bxd3 9.cxd3 Nh6 10.O-O Ng4 11.Bd4 Nf6 12.Qa4 Qg4 13.Qb3 b5 14.a4 Nbd7 15.axb5 c5 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.Qxd5 Rd8 18.Bc3 Rg8 19.Qc6 g5 20.Ne5 Qe6 21.Qxe6 fxe6 22.Nc6 Ra8 23.Rfe1 Kf7 24.Nxa7 Bg7 25.Bxg7 Rxg7 26.Kf1 e5 27.Nc6 Rxa1 28.Rxa1 Ke6 29.Ra7 Nb6 30.Ra6 Nc8 31.b6 Nxb6 32.Rxb6 Kd5 33.b4 e6 34.b5 Rf7 35.Nd8 Re7 36.Rb7 Rxb7 37.Nxb7 c4 38.dxc4+ Kxc4 39.Nd6+ Kc5 40.Ne4+ Kxb5 41.Nxg5 h6 42.Nf7 Kc4 43.Nxh6 Kc5 44.h4 Kd4 45.g4 e4 46.Ke2 e3 47.fxe3+ Ke4 48.g5 Kd5 49.g6 Kd6 50.g7 e5 51.g8=Q e4 52.Qe8 Kd5 53.h5 Kc5 54.Qxe4 Kb6 55.Qc4 Kb7 56.Qc5 Ka8 57.Qb5 Ka7 58.e4 Ka8 59.e5 Ka7 60.e6 Ka8 61.Kd3 Ka7 62.e7 {Turbo King announces mate in 3} 62...Ka8 63.e8=Q+ Ka7 64.Qeb8# 1-0
[Event "The 64-cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.11.28"]
[Round "Cons_quarter"]
[White "Tiger Grenadier (tibono setting lv 15s avg)"]
[Black "Saitek Turbo King II (lv a4)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "1888"]
[EventDate "2023.09.26"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "162"]
1.c4 e6 2.e3 {Out of book} 2...Bb4 {Out of book} 3.a3 Be7 4.Qg4 d5 5.Qxg7 Bf6 6.Qg3 Bh4 7.Qf4 Bg5 8.Qf3 Nc6 9.Qh5 h6 10.Nc3 d4 11.h4 Be7 12.Ne4 Nf6 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Be2 d3 15.Bf1 e5 16.Rb1 Be6 17.b3 Qd7 18.Qf3 Bg7 19.Qg3 Rg8 20.Bb2 f5 21.Nf3 e4 22.Bxg7 exf3 23.Qg6+ Qf7 24.Qxf7+ Bxf7 25.gxf3 Rxg7 26.Bxd3 Be6 27.Bc2 O-O-O 28.d4 Na5 29.d5 Bd7 30.Bd3 Rdg8 $6 {b-Pawn push was required to enable an exit for the Knight} 31.b4 Rg1+ 32.Ke2 Rxh1 33.Rxh1 Nb3 34.Rb1 Ba4 35.Bxf5+ Kd8 36.c5 b6 37.Bd3 Re8 38.cxb6 axb6 39.Be4 Rg8 40.Kd3 Rg2 41.Kc3 Rxf2 42.Rxb3 Bxb3 43.Kxb3 Re2 44.Kc4 Rxe3 45.a4 Re2 46.Kb5 Rh2 47.a5 bxa5 48.bxa5 Rxh4 49.a6 Rh2 50.f4 Rb2+ 51.Kc5 h5 52.f5 Ra2 53.Bd3 $6 {Kb5 was much better} 53...Kc8 54.Bc4 Rf2 55.Bd3 h4 56.Kc6 Rb2 $1 {enables moving the Rook behind the passed Pawn with tempo} 57.Bf1 Rb6+ 58.Kc5 Rh6 59.Bc4 h3 60.a7 Kb7 61.a8=R Kxa8 62.d6 cxd6+ 63.Kb5 Kb7 64.Bd5+ Kc7 65.Kc4 Rh5 66.Kd3 Rxf5 67.Bh1 Rf1 68.Be4 h2 69.Ke2 h1=Q 70.Bxh1 Rxh1 71.Ke3 d5 72.Kd4 Kd6 73.Kd3 Ke5 74.Ke2 Ke4 75.Kf2 d4 76.Ke2 Rh2+ 77.Kd1 Ke3 78.Kc1 {Grenadier acknowledges -mate in 4} 78...d3 {Turbo King announces mate in 4} 79.Kb1 Rc2 80.Ka1 d2 81.Kb1 d1=Q# 0-1
MfG,
Tibono